“They also serve who only stand and wait.”

— John Milton, "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" (1652)

About John Milton

1608 – 1674

English poet and polemicist, author of the epic 'Paradise Lost' (1667).

“A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.”

“Man hath his daily work of body or mind appointed.”

“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

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“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”